Nickname:	M.L.K.
Known for:	I Am Curious (Yellow), Contact, Assassinations That Changed the World
Birth name:	Michael Luther King Jr.
Birthday:	15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Height:	5' 6½" (1.69 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett's Broadway play "The Mountaintop" is officially a success - the production has recouped its $3.1 million costs. The stageshow, starring Jackson as civil rights...



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Reuters - The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who was once described by Martin Luther King Jr. as "the most courageous civil rights fighter in the South," died in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday at age 89.
Stevie Wonder has created a foundation for blind visitors to fully experience the majesty of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s new memorial in Washington, D.C. King's face and torso have been carved in...



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AFP - In between memorials to two presidents and a stone's throw from a site for World War II soldiers, Washington stands to get a new memorial honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
AFP - A much-delayed memorial to Martin Luther King Jr is on schedule to be inaugurated on the day on which, 47 years ago, the US civil rights icon made one of his best-known speeches, an official said.
SAMUEL L. JACKSON is in talks to hit Broadway as assassinated civil right s icon MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.The Pulp Fiction star is reportedly in New York reading for the play Th e Mountaintop, which chronicles the imagined events of the night before K ing was shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.The Mountaintop was
PRECIOUS director LEE DANIELS has turned to Britain while casting for his civil rights movie SELMA - he’s hired U.K. actor DAVID OYELOWO to play i conic American MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.The Oscar-nominated filmmaker is turning his attentions to the U.S. civ il rights movement of the 1960s, and will tell the story of the
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"The City's" Whitney Port celebrated the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday by soaking her lovely bones in the Miami sun on Monday. See Also Whitney Port -- All Wet ...

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AP - Four books that have been long out of print by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be published again under a deal with Beacon Press brokered by King's youngest son.
AP - DreamWorks still wants to make a movie about Martin Luther King Jr. "provided that there is unity" among his feuding children, the movie studio said Wednesday.
AP - Serena Williams got chills just thinking of the symmetry — Americans marking the birthday of late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. just before the inauguration of their first black president.
AP - Sotheby's has withdrawn from auction three papers related to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after his estate claimed the documents being sold by Harry Belafonte are estate property.
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Martin Luther King's kids -- the ones he dreamed about -- are really at each other's throats. Can't they all just get along?Dexter King is swinging back at his brother MLK III and sister Bernice, who already have sued him, claiming MLK III fleeced...

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His dream was that one day his children would be judged by the content of their character. Now, two of Martin Luther King, Jr's children say the character of one of their siblings sucks.Bernice King and Martin Luther King III are suing Dexter King,...

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Forty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at age 39, a new History special, "King," with newsman Tom Brokaw, takes viewers on an unprecedented journey back in time and forward to today. "King" goes beyond the legend to delve into the man, the questions, the myths and, most importantly, the relevance of Dr. King’s message in today’s world.


Rapper Lil Wayne has shocked an interviewer when he demanded to be treated as Martin Luther King Jr.

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., his real name, surprised a XXL magazine journalist when he compared himself to the American civil rights campaigner.
Rap superstar LIL WAYNE stunned a journalist when he demanded the writer treat him on a par with late civil rights campaigner MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.The star - real name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. - surprised an interviewer for XXL magazine when he likened himself to African American icons Martin Luther King Jnr. and Malcolm
Calypso singer HARRY BELAFONTE was awarded the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews’ International Diversity Award at a gala dinner on Thursday (22Nov07).The 80-year-old - who was a personal friend of Martin Luther King Jr. and supported the civil rights movement in its early days - was awarded for "his contribution to the advancement of
WASHINGTON (AP) - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc., which owns BET and MTV, announced a donation Tuesday valued at $1.5 million to help build a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall.


Music stars QUEEN LATIFAH, GARTH BROOKS and KENNETH ‘BABYFACE’ EDMONDS have joined the line-up at a gig to raise money for a MARTIN LUTHER KING memorial in Washington D.C.The trio will join Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana at the Dream Concert, which is being organised by Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger